A little old lady sitting at the front of the bus can do nothing to change civil rights.

Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on.

I went to sexaholics anonymous for six months. For research. I wanted to see the structure of the groups, how they were conducted, and what the atmosphere was like, and also to be able to describe the people as human beings, rather than as the dirty jokes that they are in our culture.

Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly -- all these make for great stories.

You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.

There are a lot of things we don't want to know about the people we love.

Language is what books do very well and movement is what movies does very well.